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..=;^&&¶## = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## = = = = ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND = = = = ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## = = = = BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. = = = = ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## = IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. = ##¶&&^;=..
....====^& = = = THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. = = = &^====....
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..=;^&&¶## THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = = = = = US ##¶&&^;=..
......;&¶# KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN #¶&;......
..=;^&&¶## THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = ##¶&&^;=..
.......;&¶ = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ¶&;.......
..=;^&&¶## ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&### BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = ###&&^;=..
....==;&&¶ = = = = BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, ¶&&;==....
......=^&# THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES #&^=......
..=;^&&### WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ###&&^;=..
..=;^&&¶## WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&&&¶ AT OUR KNEES. = = = = = = = = = = = = ¶&&&&^;=..
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..=;^&&¶## = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ##¶&&^;=..
..=;^&&&¶¶ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ¶¶&&&^;=..
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